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Lyra Etna MC Phono Cartridge  - Heir to the 'Titan' - only many of us prefer it to Atlas!!

Lyra Etna Moving Coil Cartridge, approx. 2 yrs. old. 90 day store warranty

Condition: 10/10, professionally inspected under microscope, cartridge/styli look brand new, zero sign of wear and positively less than 100 hours of use, no BS. SPT cleaner unused/new.

Retail $8,995, sell for $5,795.

Audio Revelation is an authorized Lyra dealer

Testimonials

"The Lyra Etna MC Phono Cartridge fully succeeds as a replacement for the Lyra i. One of the most neutral - yet enticing sounding cartridges I've heard. it's also one I can recommend for any system and for any sonic or musical taste."
 - Michael Fremer, Stereophile

Overview

Lyra Etna MC Phono Cartridge
Lyra Etna MC Phono Cartridge is set to dethrone the top-rated Titan. No easy feat! Etna uses unique engineering to remove resonance. Not reduce it. Remove it. Everything is upgraded in Etna. Literally. Yes, it's a big step up in price, but one that yields gains in transparency, the removal of distortion, and remarkable accuracy.

Etna's center structure is solid titanium, but unlike the Atlas (and the Titan i before it) this central core is surrounded by an outer body that is machined from highly-polished aircraft-grade aluminum and anodized with a brilliant black finish. The two pieces are press-fitted with resonance control rods and stainless steel screw bushings in a multi-material approach that is similar to the Skala's two-piece "blade structure" construction, but much improved in its rigidity and damping characteristics. The advantage of such constrained-layer construction is that no single material's sonic signature defines the sound of the cartridge.

Etna's asymmetric design employs an offset yoke. By offsetting the front magnet carrier so that it is not in line with the cantilever assembly, a direct path is established between the cantilever assembly and the tonearm's headshell. Vibrations are quickly drained away once converted to electrical signals, effectively suppressing any induced resonances that would otherwise manifest as sonic coloration.
Lyra Etna MC Phono Cartridge retains the X-shaped coil formers from Atlas. Compared to traditional square coil formers, the X-shape allows each channel to operate with greater autonomy from one another, increasing tracking consistency and channel matching while also improving channel separation due to the decrease in crosstalk. Lyra's new angle technology pre-biases the signal coils so they are perfectly aligned to the front and rear magnets during LP playback, which allows the coils to move optimally in all directions for superior, distortion-free playback.

 

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Specifications

• Type: Medium weight, medium compliance, low-impedance moving coil cartridge


• Stylus: Lyra-designed long-footprint variable-radius line-contact nude diamond (3μm×70μm), slot-mounted


• Cantilever system: Diamond-coated solid boron rod with short one-point wire suspension, directly mounted into cartridge body via high pressure knife-edge system


• Coils: 2-layer deep, 6 N high-purity copper, chemically-purified high-purity iron cross- shaped former, 4.2 ohm self-impedance, 11μH inductance


• Output voltage: 0.56 mV@5 cm/sec., zero to peak, 45 degrees


•  Frequency range: 10 Hz~50 kHz Channel separation: 35 dB or better at 1 kHz


•  Compliance: Approx. 12×10 cm/dyne at 100 Hz


•  Vertical tracking angle: 20 degrees


•  Cartridge mounting screws: 2.6 mm 0.45 pitch JIS standard


•  Cartridge weight (without stylus cover): 9.2 g


•  Distance from mounting holes to stylus tip: 9.5 mm


•  Recommended tracking force: 1.65~1.75 g (1.72 g recommended)

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